A study for a new type of treatment for B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (a type of Blood Cancer) by using the patients own modified immune cells to target the cancer
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C910- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia [ALL]
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/05/033348
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Hospital Research Administrative Council
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Disease Criteria: Relapsed or refractory pediatric (3-25) years at screening) B-cell ALL.
Relapse for the purpose of this study is defined as Presence of > 5% blasts at screening, and confirmation by FCM, AND
Second or subsequent bone marrow (BM)
elapse, OR Any BM relapse after allogeneic SCT (must be � 6months from SCT at the time of HCAR19 T-cells infusion:
First Relapse will be considered if
First Relapse has occurred very early, within 18 months of initial diagnosis
Is not in remission after re-induction chemotherapy as defined by FCM MRD
First Relapse in High-risk groups such as
Ph+ and Ph-like ALL.
Refractory B-ALL is defined as:
Not achieving an initial CR after 2 cycles of a standard chemotherapy regimen (primary refractory). AND
Such patients have received 2 or more lines of second-line or salvage chemotherapy and are still not in FCM based MRD-defined remission.
CD19 expression criteria:
CD19 tumor expression in bone marrow (BM) or peripheral blood (PB) within 3 months of study entry.
Documentation of CD19 expression of >99% of blasts by flowcytometry at ACTREC flow lab at screening.
Absence of CD19 negative subclone of any type at time of study entry
Host Criteria:
Age criteria: Age more than 3 completed years and less than 25 completed years at screening for enrolment on the study.
Overall fitness criteria: (Patient must fulfil all criteria)
Minimum level of pulmonary reserve defined as grade < 1 dyspnea and pulse oxygenation >95% at room air.
Left ventricular ejection fraction > 45% and fractional shortening > 28% confirmed by echocardiography within 3 months of screening.
Karnofsky (age >16 years) or Lansky (age < 16 years) performance status > 50 at screening.
Normal age-adjusted eGFR creatinine clearance at screening.
Alanine aminotransferase < 5 times upper limit of normal for age at screening
Adequate organ function. Clinically assessed, with the further investigation if clinically indicated. This will include but not limited to those with the severe systemic compromise of any major organ system as assessed by ejection fraction of <45% on conventional 2D echo, GFR < 50% for age as assessed by DTPA scan, anatomical and functional loss of respiratory function as assessed by radiology or respiratory rate at rest in excess of 20% above normal for age, or performance status of less than 80% (KPS & Pediatric scores), will be considered ineligible.
For males or females of reproductive potential, has agreed to use effective contraception method during the study for minimum 6 months after study treatment.
Failure to meet any of the inclusion criteria
Patients who test positive on urine pregnancy testing and are pregnant or are lactating
Isolated extra-medullary relapse
Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia
Concomitant genetic syndromes associated with bone marrow failure states such as Fanconi anemia, Kostmann syndrome, Schwachmann syndrome or any other BM failure syndromes with the exception of Downs syndrome.
Any syndrome with genetic predisposition to cancer eg. Li Fraumeni syndrome
Any prior malignancy
Active or latent hepatitis B or active hepatitis C detected at screening. Any test in the preceding 8 weeks will be considered valid
Any uncontrolled infection at time of screening.
Positive HIV test at screening.
Grade II to IV graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD)for post Allo-SCT patients.
Receiving an investigational medicinal product within 30 days of screening. Treatment with any prior gene therapy product, anti-
CD19/anti-CD3 therapy, or any other anti-CD19therapy
Medications or treatments that will be excluded:
Corticosteroids within 72 hours of HCAR19 T-cell infusion, with the exception of physiologic replacement
Allogeneic cellular therapy, such as donor lymphocyte infusion within 6 weeks prior to infusion.
GVHD therapies
Chemotherapy stopped prior to lymphodepletion based on clearance
CNS prophylaxis treatment
Active CNS disease, whether established clinically, radiologically, or by CSF studies. Exception would be CNS 2 disease i.e. CSF containing blasts,but < 5 WBCs/microliter. Such patients, with no other evidence of CNS involvement, would be eligible)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To demonstrate functionality of HCAR19 T-cells in reducing leukemic burden in patients 3 to 25 years of age with relapsed/ refractory B-Cell ALL as a first-in-human pilot study.Timepoint: Active Management of Post Infusion Complications and <br/ ><br>Mandatory Response Evaluations: Day-0 to Day-30 <br/ ><br>Observation period: <br/ ><br>- Active monitoring and assessments for 1 year from <br/ ><br>enrolment <br/ ><br>- Follow-up for 10 years from enrolment <br/ ><br>- After 10 years patients will be advised to follow up as long as alive on as a convenient basis
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method i. To study toxicities of HCAR19 T-cells in the study population <br/ ><br>ii. To study the persistence, expansion and phenotype of HCAR19 T-cells in the target tissues (blood, bone-marrow, <br/ ><br>cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and other extramedullary sites if involved. <br/ ><br>iii. To study cytokine level and other biomarkers of toxicity and efficacy of infused HCAR19 T-cells <br/ ><br>iv. To correlate toxicities, efficacy and biomarkers profile with steps and protocols of manufacturing HCAR19 T-cells.Timepoint: Active Management of Post Infusion Complications and <br/ ><br>Mandatory Response Evaluations: Day-0 to Day-30 <br/ ><br>Observation period: <br/ ><br>- Active monitoring and assessments for 1 year from <br/ ><br>enrolment <br/ ><br>- Follow-up for 10 years from enrolment <br/ ><br>- After 10 years patients will be advised to follow up as long as alive on a as convenient basis